Korean social insurance system for expatriate employees
I already covered social insurance systems for Korean employees in my previous post. But what about social insurance for staff sent from headquarters to Korea? It…
40 and 44 hours workweeks – application schedule and differences
Since revision of the Labor Standards Act (LSA), 40 hours workweek system has been adopted by most companies in Korea. The only segment left uncovered…
Probationary period
The probationary period, here, means a period that a company, after concluding a labor contract with a worker, sets a certain period of time to…
Korea’s record in terms of enforcing contracts and employing workers
A colleague of mine asked me a few days ago to find a document showing Korea’s level of transparency in terms of legal procedures of…
A discrimination redress system for non-regular workers to be applied to workplaces with 100 or more employees
A system to redress discrimination based on the laws on protection of non-regular workers will apply to workplaces with 100 to 299 employees from July…
Part-time childcare leave allowed from June 22, 2008
From June 22, a worker can apply for shorter working hours program for childcare. From the same date, paternity leave is allowed to male employees…